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For Net-Metering, Incentives Matter
After yet another cut to net-metering compensation by state government, REV queried the Public Utility Commission’s database for Certificate of Public Good applications for solar...
Lieutenant Governor Candidates Respond to REV Questions on Renewable Energy & Climate Change
REV reached out to each candidate for Vermont Lieutenant Governor. Voting in the primary can be down now by requesting an absentee ballot or in person on August 9th. Below are the unedited...
Op-ed by Jonathan Dowds: Vermont (and Texas?) Reaping the Benefits of Yesterday’s Forward-Looking Energy Policies
New Hampshire households are about to get hit hard, really hard, by rates hikes that will increase electricity bills by more than $70 a month. These unprecedented rate hikes reflect...
Halfway Through 2022: A Summary of REV’s Regulatory Advocacy
In the first half of 2022, REV fought for the renewable energy community in nine Vermont Public Utility Commission (PUC) proceedings and one U.S. Department of Commerce tariff...
The PUC Cuts Net-Metering Compensation Again… For What Exactly?
In an extremely disappointing decision in the fight against climate change, the Vermont Public Utility Commission (PUC) opted to cut net-metering compensation rates for the sixth time in...
Op-ed by Peter Sterling: Why Is It Easier to Build a Dollar General than a Solar Project in Vermont?
Over the last decade or so while most of us weren’t looking, something very concerning has happened in Vermont: it has become easier to build commercial strip development like a Dollar...
REV: The Net-Metering Rule Should Promote Net-Metering
At the end of April, the Public Utility Commission (PUC) issued proposed changes to Vermont net’s-metering rule, Rule 5.100. Given the urgency to expand renewable generation to meet the...
The Future of Advanced Clean Cars and Trucks in Vermont
Advanced Clean Cars: Vermont Becomes National Trendsetter Transportation is the largest source of climate-disrupting and toxic air pollution in Vermont, producing 39% of Vermont’s overall...
Rep. Welch Advocates for a Quick Resolution to Solar Tariff Probe
On Wednesday, Representative Peter Welch joined a group of 80 House Members urging the Biden Administration to find a speedy resolution to the anti-circumvention investigation into solar...
2022 Legislative Session Wrap-Up
Historic Budget Allocation for Climate-Related Spending H.740 Utilizing the once in a generation windfall of money from the federal government, almost $200 million was allocated in the...
“The Big Bill” (H.740): Climate Investments in the FY ‘23 Budget
With a big thanks to VPIRG’ Ben Walsh for pulling this together so soon after adjournment, below is a list of the record climate change-related spending that the Vermont Legislature passed...
Proposed Changes to Vermont’s Net-Metering Rule Would Slow Renewable Deployment
The Public Utility Commission is proposing revisions to Vermont net’s-metering rule, Rule 5.100, that would make building net-metered projects more difficult by unnecessarily restricting...
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